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#2,717 All-time worldwide
#82 2009 releases

Movie profile

The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009 · 94 min · Ruby Films

Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $68.7M
Budget $24.0M
Gross minus budget $44.7M
ROI 2.86x

Domestic gross

$27.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$41.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$7.7M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Men Who Stare at Goats ranks

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Quick answer

How did The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) perform at the box office?

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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) earned a reported $68.7M worldwide against a reported $24.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $44.7M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 2.86x. In this database it currently ranks #2,717 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #82 among 2009 releases.

Worldwide gross
$68,729,358
Budget
$24,000,000
Gross minus budget
$44,729,358
ROI
2.86x
Source: TMDb. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. View source Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

Movie facts

Production details

Release date
Oct 17, 2009
Production
Ruby Films, BBC Film, Smokehouse Pictures
Countries
GB, US

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Why this movie matters

Released in 2009, The Men Who Stare at Goats is positioned in this dataset as a Comedy, War title from Ruby Films. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $68.7M, reported production budget is $24.0M, gross-minus-budget is $44.7M, ROI is 2.86x. For comparison, it currently sits #2,717 all-time in the current chart set and #82 among 2009 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.